Humans most commonly scapegoat their enemies‚ or the entirely innocent‚ for their internal issues as a means of coping for their insecurities or explaining the irrational or biased situations they find themselves in. Similarly‚ others cope just as easily by lying to themselves‚ which can establish a false reality in the mind of the self-deceiver and‚ ultimately‚ leads to fallacies in logic. Coherently‚ Arthur Miller utilizes his diverse cast of characters in his play write “The Crucible” to demonstrate
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a huge part in The Crucible. The Crucible is a play about the Salem Witch Trials and how it started. One of the main reasons so many people hanged for witchcraft was the fear of authority. It is clear that the courts are unjust‚ but no one spoke out against it until the end of the play. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller expresses the theme of “Defiance becoming the duty of the people in the face of injustice” using characters of personal integrity. A strong example of a character with integrity throughout
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Adela Strangeworth. Miss Strangeworth is an old woman who has lived in this town all her life. Miss Strangeworth’s character can be analyzed by considering what she does‚ what the narrator says about her‚ and how other characters interact with her. Throughout‚ “The Possibility of Evil‚” Miss Strangeworth says and does things that leads the reader to think a certain way about her character. A word that describes Miss Strangeworth’s character would be meddlesome. For instance‚ over the course of
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religious people. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ this is clearly evident. It is about the puritan town of Salem‚ Massachusetts and the hunt for witches. Many people are falsely accused of witchcraft. Throughout this account of history key characters have to make choices that challenge their beliefs and ethics. They must decide whether to do what is right‚ and fight against a lie‚ or do what’s wrong and give in to the lie to save their own lives. Elizabeth Proctor is one of those who fought for the truth
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One allusion Miller used is New Jerusalem‚ meaning the holy city of heaven in the Bible. I believe Miller used this allusion in order to show us how his characters viewed their land in America. They believed that they were the ones who were selected by God to find this New Jerusalem. But I also think Miller had intentions to make this allusion ironic because when they Puritans came to America to pursue religious freedom because they were persecuted for their beliefs in England. However‚ they also
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The Crucible: Themes In Arthur Miller’s play‚ “The Crucible”‚ Miller’s main focuses were the witch trials‚ behaviors and actions as a result of the hidden deeds believed to be done by the people of Salem. This book includes religious beliefs and revolves around witch trials to go into depth of the accusations and the lies for the outcomes. The play is wonderfully worded with much context for a reader to fully understand the idea and the concept. There were many themes in the play‚ those explained
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team is a group of black teens from Texas where they have to face many troubles for the color of their skin. In the Crucible‚ the geography is in an eerie town near the woods where everyone is trying to survive from each other. The Crucible‚ Great Debaters‚ and my childhood all show how geography and setting are extremely influential. The Great Debaters shows a group of black teens who
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Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby was set in New York in the summer of 1922. This time period was known as “The Jazz Age” or “The Roaring Twenties.” The characters in the book lived in West Egg or East Egg depending on the way they acquired their wealth. The characters who lived in East Egg were considered “old money” whereas the characters who lived in West Egg were considered “new money.” Although Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby were neighbors in West Egg‚ they had different levels of education
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Crucible‚ a severe test or trial. This definition relates to The Crucible‚ a play by Arthur Miller based on the McCarthy trials in the 1500’s. The denotation of crucible is crucial since it signifies the statements and actions of John Proctor. John Proctor is a character who is tested morally‚ emotionally‚ and decisively throughout the dilemma occurring in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Proctor was intensely tested in his morals and beliefs. His loyalty to the church was questioned by the authority of
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author wants the reader to feel. Mood provides an example of what the author wants the reader to take away from the piece of literature that he or she wrote. The purpose of mood is evident in the author of 1984 George Orwell and the author of The Crucible Arthur Miller. While portraying different moods to the reader‚ through character’s thoughts and actions‚ both authors Orwell and Miller are able to capture the mood of the literary work. Orwell and Miller are similar in their ability to suggest mood
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